Why Were the Five Civilized Tribes Called Civilized
They are the first 5 nations that Anglo-European people generally considered as civilized because these five nations embraced qualities of the colonists culture such as the Christianity literacy centralized governments market participation plantation slavery practices written constitutions and intermarriage with white Americans. The Five Civilized Tribes which included the Cherokee Chickasaw Choctaw Creek. Five Civilized Tribes Alchetron The Free Social Encyclopedia There are currently 574 federally recognized Indian nations also known as tribes bands communities and by other terms in the US. . About 229 are located in Alaska and the rest are in 35 other states. The Muscogee Creek Seminole Cherokee Choctaw Chickasaw and other tribes lived in the Southeast. Some members of these southeastern tribes had adopted European clothing spoke English practiced Christianity and even owned slaves. They had Freedmen who were former Afr...